1/6/2024 0 Comments Loopy goopy googlenerd![]() But if you climb on the beast’s back, and embrace the positionality of the acidhead, you are gifted with a particularly illuminating perspective on the current psychedelic scene. We forget that the elephant in the room can roar like a cosmic hurricane. In an era of “sacred plants,” of commercial formulations and utterly manageable microdosing, LSD the Mighty has drifted to the periphery of our consciousness, its teachings discursively marginalized, almost repressed, even as its tropes are regurgitated as Haight Street kitsch and corny vanity blotter. If you tune into the journals and journalism of today, or follow the changing waves of psychedelic discourse, you will note that LSD has taken a back seat in academic research, therapeutic protocols, and the cultural imaginary. After all, given that blotter only really takes off in the late 1970s, its story lies mostly outside the conventional ‘60s narratives of LSD.īut if LSD never stopped influencing culture, and if the drug remains a popular goodie-dependably available in underground drug markets, at festivals, and on drug-nerd dark webs-why do I call LSD the elephant in the room? Here’s why. What interested me were the elusive nitty-gritty details of manufacturing practices, drug distribution, and the fascinating and mixed motivations of the artists, producers, printmakers, and dealers who developed the blotter format into a unique mode of art-or iconography, or branding-whose images reflect all manner of aesthetic, cultural, spiritual, and prankster attitudes.įollowing a space opened up by Jesse Jarnow’s book Heads, my research put me in touch with the concrete social reality of the acid underground, which persisted whether or not the drug was in the papers, underground or otherwise. I largely ignored these stories along with discussions of acid ideology, except to the extent that it helps explain the motivation of blotter makers. Hofmann’s bike ride, MK-Ultra’s miseries, Michael Hollingshead’s mayo jar, Kesey’s Kool-Aid, Manson’s mind control, Jerry’s bone-dancing congregation. ![]() We have ALL of the letters and fanart that we've ever received safely stored to put on the Toon HQ page of our website when it launches, so if you've sent us something in the past - trust us, we've got it.Ĭlick on the image above to learn more about the Toontown Member Mailer program, and don't forget to ask a parent before participating.In a way we already know the story of acid, which can seem superficially settled, even rote, its signature events and colorful characters trotted out like clockwork in many potted histories online: Dr. You can also use your Member Mailer request envelope as an opportunity to send a letter or fanart to the Toontown Rewritten Team! Send us something cool, and you might just see it posted on our website or social media! (Don't forget to attach your Toon name so that we can give credit where its due.) If we still have supplies left after that date, we'll make another blog post with an extended deadline. To learn more about Member Mailers, click on the image above for complete information and step-by-step instructions about how to grab yours today.Īll letters must be postmarked by December 31st in order to guarantee that we can meet the demand. To make it up to our dedicated fans who aren't able to come, we order an excess amount of merchandise for the convention which we use to send out FREE Toontown collectables to any player from almost anywhere in the entire world - all we ask is that you pay for postage. We pour thousands of dollars of our own money to put on the annual ToonFest convention, but we know it's not possible for every player to attend even if they're the most dedicated Toontown fans. Here on the Toontown Team, we love doing whatever it takes to spoil our players. You didn't think that we forgot, did you? Toontown Member Mailers are back again to bring you a taste of real-world Toontown Merchandise for the low price of FREE! With just paying for the price of postage, we'll send you a set of three Toontown Trading Cards and a mini Toontown poster from ToonFest at ReplayFX 2017.
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